Chapter 4 History

Indentured Servant

• signed a contract to work from 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who would pay for his or her ocean passage to the America

• made up of small planters, independent farmers, and artisans

• the belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God

• strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves

middle class

• signed a contract to work from 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who would pay for his or her ocean passage to the America

• made up of small planters, independent farmers, and artisans

• the belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God

• strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves

Divine Right

• signed a contract to work from 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who would pay for his or her ocean passage to the America

• made up of small planters, independent farmers, and artisans

• the belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God

• strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves

slave codes

• signed a contract to work from 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who would pay for his or her ocean passage to the America

• made up of small planters, independent farmers, and artisans

• the belief that monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God

• strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves

Separation of Powers

• the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government

• someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time

• schools that women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write

• right that belongs to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty, and property

apprentice

• the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government

• someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time

• schools that women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write

• right that belongs to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty, and property

dame school

• the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government

• someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time

• schools that women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write

• right that belongs to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty, and property

Natural Rights

• the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government

• someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time

• schools that women opened in their homes to teach girls and boys to read and write

• right that belongs to all humans from birth, such as life, liberty, and property

The upper class of colonial society was called the ___________.

• apprentice

• gentry

• slave codes

• libel

___________________ was an American poet in Boston (born in Africa) who was first recognized Black writer in America.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Habeas Corpus

• Jonathan Edwards

• Phyllis Wheatly